Repointing Lime
Re-pointing irons for lime repointing jobs In the UK we are used now to see repointing being done using a pointing trowel or a brick jointer. However doing a proper job with lime mortar requires a different set of tools. …
Month: January 2013
Missing tape causes concern
Tape in buildings? Isn’t that for covering over mistakes and bodging joints? Tape has been historically used as a cover for poor workmanship, but it is now becoming a necessary tool for many modern building materials and designs. When you …
Green Deal Launch
This is the headline diagram that the Gov wants people to see. On the face of it, it looks great. Same bills, but a more efficient home, all with no up-front capital expense. Personally I think that this can the …
Pipe lagging
Many of us are running around lagging external pipe work at the moment, what with this cold snap. Always a good idea as it is an unpleasant surprise to find water gushing everywhere when the thaw comes, especially if you …
Home Surveys – are they worth it?
I am flabbergasted. I have been to a newly purchased house in Cardiff where the new owner had been told that the house had some damp and that there was some repair work required to the guttering. Thankfully, because of …
earthborn paint changes
Just a quick heads up for anyone interested in earthborn paint. Three big pieces of news: 1. The claypaint and associated eggshell palate will be increasing from the standard 36 colours to 60 colours. Some colours will be disappearing from …
Stone in Cardiff and surrounding homes
In Cardiff and South Wales we have a number of different stones that have been used over time for building houses. These stones came from a variety of sources: 1. Red Radyr Stone. 2. Bath Stone 3. Pennant Stone 4. …
Draught proof letter box solutions
Many of us have draughty houses and one source of these draughts is our letter box. Having been leafleting around Cardiff recently it is amazing what bad shape our letter boxes are in. Some are inoperable, others are missing or …
Bathroom extractor choices
When we fit extractors in bathrooms we either nip down to our local DIY store or we rely on our builders to get an extractor. This effectively means that we get the cheapest and most common extractors on the market. …